How to Make Lightsabers in Blender (the hard way, and the easy way)

If you feel like supporting things like this! / ianhubert
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Constructing the Lightsaber
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The Hard Way - Rotoscoping the blade
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Masking Foreground Objects
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The Easy Way - Tracking the blade
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Modeled a lightsaber in blender
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The decision we all must take.
Stuff's gettin' a bit TFN2004 in here! This is mostly just me making a video for teenage me from the past.
I use an HDRI from hdrihaven.com, which is an amazing amazing resource.
Download Blender at Blender.Org
Anakin played by Michael Dopieralski